Oxenden Baronets
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The Oxenden Baronetcy, of Dene in the County of Kent, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 6 May 1678 for Sir Henry Oxenden
Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet
Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660.Oxenden was the son of Sir James Oxenden and his wife Margart Nevinson, daughter of Thomas Nevinson of Estry, Kent...

, previously Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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 for Winchelsea
Winchelsea (UK Parliament constituency)
Winchelsea was a parliamentary constituency in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1832, when it was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-Boundaries:...

, Kent
Kent (UK Parliament constituency)
Kent was a parliamentary constituency covering the county of Kent in southeast England. It returned two "knights of the shire" to the House of Commons by the bloc vote system from the year 1290...

 and Sandwich
Sandwich (UK Parliament constituency)
Sandwich was a parliamentary constituency in Kent, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1366 until 1885, when it was disfranchised for corruption.-History:...

. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Sandwich and Kent. His younger brother, the third Baronet, was Deputy Governor of Bombay. The fourth Baronet was the son of George Oxenden, Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Trinity Hall, Cambridge
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, who was the third son of the 1st Baronet. He was Member of Parliament for Sandwich for over thirty years. The sixth Baronet inherited the Kentish estate of the Dixwell Baronets
Dixwell Baronets
There have been three Baronetcies created for members of the Dixwell family, all of whom are descended from Charles Dixwell of Coton House, near Churchover, Warwickshire...

 at Broome House which became the family seat. The title became extinct on the death of the tenth Baronet in 1924.

Oxenden Baronets, of Dene (1678)

  • Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet
    Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet
    Sir Henry Oxenden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1645 and 1660.Oxenden was the son of Sir James Oxenden and his wife Margart Nevinson, daughter of Thomas Nevinson of Estry, Kent...

     (1614-1686)
  • Sir James Oxenden, 2nd Baronet
    Sir James Oxenden, 2nd Baronet
    Sir James Oxenden, 2nd Baronet , of Dene, Kent was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1679 and 1702....

     (1641-1708)
  • Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet (1645-1709)
  • Sir Henry Oxenden, 4th Baronet
    Sir Henry Oxenden, 4th Baronet
    Sir Henry Oxenden, 4th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1713 to 1720....

     (1690-1720)
  • Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
    Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
    Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754....

    (1694-1775)
  • Sir Henry Oxenden, 6th Baronet (1721-1803)
  • Sir Henry Oxenden, 7th Baronet (1756-1838)
  • Sir Henry Chudleigh Oxenden, 8th Baronet (1795-1889)
  • Sir Henry Montagu Oxenden, 9th Baronet (1826-1895)
  • Sir Percy Dixwell Nowell Dixwell-Oxenden, 10th Baronet (1833-1924)
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